In the blink of an eye, it was December 25th, and it was the day of the Imperial Palace's grand court meeting. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The day before the meeting, the agenda of the Hajj was basically decided. Therefore, today's court meeting will not make Zhu Daming any nervous.

This is also Zhu Daming's new rule. In addition to the imperial historians, all ministries, academies, temples, prisons and other yamen that have issues at the court meeting must be reported to the cabinet and the celebrant for the record in advance, so that the emperor and the ministers have time to fully consider and weigh.

There are three topics on the agenda of today's court meeting, one is to add Xu Guangqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Li Banghua, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, to the cabinet, the other is to officially announce the list of the anti-cases of the King James Dynasty, and the other is to discuss the newly vacant post of governor. Zhu Daming already knew all these things. Therefore, the steps of the temple today are exceptionally brisk.

When the emperor sat down on the throne and the ministers finished worshipping, Cao Huachun came out again and shouted the sentence that marked the beginning of the imperial court meeting. Then I heard that Li Guowei, the first assistant of the cabinet, came out of the ranks, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the previous court meeting decided that the candidates for the additional cabinet ministers will be nominated by the cabinet, and after Your Majesty agrees, the court ministers will discuss together, and if the majority agrees, they will be appointed by decree, and if the majority is opposed, they will be selected by merit. Today, the minister and Sun Chengzong, the second assistant and minister of military aircraft, agreed to nominate Xu Guangqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Li Banghua, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, to join the cabinet, and to concurrently serve as the minister of military aircraft. ”

Xu Guangqi and Li Banghua stood at the forefront of the literary class, with excitement and apprehension in their hearts, although the emperor had summoned a conversation and held a completely agreeable attitude, but if the majority of the court was opposed, even if they could not be prevented from entering the cabinet, it would be enough for them to be embarrassed.

is also to avoid unexpected situations, after listening to what Li Guowei said, Zhu Daming immediately continued: "Those who are not the governor of Shangshu will not enter the cabinet, and those who are the governor of Shangshu will have priority in entering the cabinet." This is a rule that I have established since I ascended the throne. The two candidates nominated by the Cabinet are also the candidates in my mind. I couldn't agree more. ”

After Zhu Daming said this, he paused, looked at the ministers and said, "If the secretary and others have any objections to the nomination of the cabinet, they can raise it in the court." ”

Yuan Keli stood in the list of Wenchen thoughtfully, he did not object, he agreed with these two candidates. Whether it is Xu Guangqi or Li Banghua, they are both people who want to do things and can do things, and they are essentially like-minded people with him, so he has always admired this kind of doer. It's just that he heard his future from the emperor's words, maybe he has made achievements in his tenure as governor of Caoyun, and he, a person who was born in the same jinshi as the third rank, can also enter the cabinet and become a minister of Zaifu.

Thinking of this, he looked at Qiao Yunsheng who was standing in front, he originally thought that this time to add cabinet ministers, Qiao Yunsheng would also be a strong competitor, and he had a great chance to enter the cabinet, after all, his qualifications and prestige were obvious, a little higher than Xu Guangqi and Li Banghua.

Qiao Yunsheng's face was expressionless, and he was slightly disappointed in his heart, but thinking about his age, he was soon relieved. After all, at the age of seventy-three, it is not easy to regain as the secretary of the Criminal Department. Today's emperor is so young, he must prefer some younger and more aggressive ministers.

Maybe everyone knew the emperor's trust in Xu Guangqi and Li Banghua, or maybe Xu Guangqi and Li Banghua's personnel among the courtiers were not bad, in short, after the emperor's words were finished, no one in the palace stood up to oppose it.

Since this is the case, Zhu Daming did not give the courtiers a chance to think, and decisively ended this topic, saying: "Since there is no objection, the secretary and the cabinet and I have thought of one place." That being the case, from now on, Xu Guangqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Li Banghua, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, will be added as a cabinet minister, Xu Guangqi will be added as a scholar of Wenhuadian University, and will continue to serve as a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, and Li Banghua will continue to serve as a scholar of the Ministry of Industry, and will be merged into the Military Aircraft Department as the Minister of Military Aircraft. ”

Li Guowei and Sun Chengzong immediately bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers obey the order." The full hall of civil and military affairs also bowed down to receive the order.

When the hall was quiet again, Li Guowei came out again, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has another matter." Zhu Daming nodded.

Li Guowei continued: "After Wei was subdued, His Majesty ordered the minister to preside over the trial of the eunuch case, since the minister was instructed, trembling, walking on thin ice, lest he lose His Majesty's Shengming, together with the Criminal Department, the Inspectorate, Dali Temple and Jinyiwei and other divisions, day and night to try the eunuch rebellion case, now the trial has been completed, and submitted to His Majesty's Imperial Inspection, now please Your Majesty to announce to the world, in order to show the heart of heaven and heaven, to the public and righteous. ”

Li Guowei is very good at talking, and said that he has been inspected by the emperor, and today is just to announce it, and he doesn't want to cause unnecessary discussions.

Zhu Daming didn't want to talk about this matter in the court anymore, so he took over and said, "It's hard work. I see that the evidence of the crimes of the eunuchs listed is conclusive, and the punishment is appropriate, and it can be made public. Then he motioned to Cao Huachun to step forward and take over the fold in Li Guowei's hand, and said to Cao Huachun: "Read it to the secretaries." ”

Cao Huachun opened the fold with the list of people involved in the eunuch case, their crimes and the final sentence, and read it in a slightly sharp and harsh voice.

The ministers of the DPRK and China were sometimes aware of it, sometimes full of shock, and some were worried, until Cao Huachun's voice stopped.

Of course, some of these ministers have long expected this, for example, some ministers have been appearing before, and suddenly disappear out of thin air one day, which will naturally cause many people to speculate.

What's more, everyone has a scale in their hearts, and some of the ministers who had infinite scenery before Wei Zhongxian's death were in a panic after Wei Zhongxian's death, who didn't know that they were all eunuchs. There are only some peripheral people on the periphery of the eunuch party, who are a little apprehensive in their hearts, saying that they are not and are not, but saying that you are, you can't refute it at all.

Fortunately, the emperor is relatively normal, he did not go on a killing spree, and then punished the eunuchs and swept the courtiers who were not used to it.

Think about Zhu Yuanzhang's several big cases that year, speaking of which, the cause is not as serious as Wei Zhongxian's eunuch case, but when tens of thousands of people were killed, Hu Weiyong's case and Lan Yu's case, as long as they were involved, they were all affected by Zhulian, whether it was civil officials and military ministers or royal relatives, they were not merciless at all, and the two cases combined, more than 100,000 people were killed in the world.

Cao Huachun finished reading the list of eunuchs, and there was a little commotion in the hall, but no one spoke.

After a while, someone among the ministers came out, knelt down and saluted, and said: "Your Majesty Shengming, Wei is against the throne, the eunuch case is decided, and now above the court, the situation of the people is reappearing, and the deputy capital of the Inspectorate Yu Shi Jia Jichun congratulates Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live!" ”

As soon as Jia Jichun said this, the other courtiers also reacted, and they knelt down and shouted "Long live Your Majesty Shengmingwu Huang, long live, long live, long live.

Of course, there are also some Donglin disciples who are fortunate to exist in the dynasty who despise Jia Jichun's personality in their hearts. The reason why Jia Jichun immediately stood up to congratulate the eunuch party on the approval of the case is because of his selfish intentions, and he was also designated as a eunuch in history, because when he was in the local office, he gave Wei Zhongxian a congratulatory table and set up a life shrine, but he was still a petty official at the time, and he did not have too much effort in the fight against the Donglin Party, so he did not take much advantage when he took advantage of the victory cake of the eunuch party. It was used to calm the hearts of the peripheral figures of the Wei Party.

But after all, Jia Jichun has taken refuge in Wei Zhongxian, and he is also very clear about this, and his heart is still unstable, and he has seen and heard with his own eyes that the people in the same way who have been in contact and communication with him before have been arrested and imprisoned or beheaded all over the house, and the fear and worry in his heart are also worse day by day.

Now that the list of eunuchs is announced in the court, and he is not listed, he is suddenly relaxed, and the only thought at this time is to quickly announce this list to the world, so that everyone knows that he is not a eunuch. Of course, he was not the only one who was selfish, but he saw another person kneeling on the ground and said: "Mao Yujian, the Imperial History of Yunnan Province of the Inspectorate of the Minister, please announce the list of eunuchs as soon as possible, so as to calm the heart of the world." Then a voice sounded: "The ministers respectfully ask Your Majesty to announce the list of eunuchs as soon as possible, so as to calm the heart of the world!" ”

Whether these people have selfish intentions or not, Zhu Daming doesn't want to ask, and he doesn't care, what he cares about is the efficiency of the court, and he doesn't want endless attacks and ruffles, since so many people demand that the world be announced as soon as possible, it means that this list is recognized by most courtiers.

Thinking of this, Zhu Daming said lightly: "In this case, the cabinet will draft a decree as soon as possible to promulgate this list of eunuchs to the world, so that the people of the world will know about it." ”